Proverbs 21:1-31
1. The 'watercourses' (RV) are the artificial irrigation channels of Egypt and Babylon (Isaiah 58:11).... [ Continue Reading ]
1. The 'watercourses' (RV) are the artificial irrigation channels of Egypt and Babylon (Isaiah 58:11).... [ Continue Reading ]
There is no connexion between the two halves of the v. RM 'The tillage of the wicked is sin,' i.e. the result of his labour is sin.... [ Continue Reading ]
One who is in a hurry to be rich hastens to want.... [ Continue Reading ]
By a very slight alteration of the Hebrew text we get the greatly improved rendering of RM, 'Is a vapour driven to and fro; they are snares of death.'... [ Continue Reading ]
A small room is often built on the flat roof of an Oriental house (1 Kings 17:19; 2 Kings 4:10; Psalms 102:7). 'A needle's eye is wide enough for two friends; the whole world is too narrow for two foes.'... [ Continue Reading ]
Read, 'The righteous considereth the house of the wicked; he overturneth the wicked to ruin.' Perhaps the righteous means God.... [ Continue Reading ]
Bribes are carried ready for use in a fold of the robe.... [ Continue Reading ]
He will come prematurely to his final resting-place amongst' the Shades' (Proverbs 2:18).... [ Continue Reading ]
The oil is that used at banquets for anointing (Proverbs 27:9; Deuteronomy 14:26; Nehemiah 8:12; Amos 6:6).... [ Continue Reading ]
Cp. Proverbs 11:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
STRENGTH OF THE CONFIDENCE THEREOF] the stronghold in which it trusted.... [ Continue Reading ]
He desires ease and self-indulgence.... [ Continue Reading ]
Read, 'When he bringeth it to atone for wickedness' (RM): cp. Leviticus 19:20.... [ Continue Reading ]
The man who actually heard what he swears to, will speak constantly or 'for ever'; his testimony will never be shaken.... [ Continue Reading ]
A wicked man boldly maintains whatever suits him; a wise man 'considereth his way' (RM).... [ Continue Reading ]